For folks looking to running speech to text locally(in the context of dictation) and dont want to do a subscription there are a few apps that run whisper large turbo locally (optimized to run really fast on apple silicon).<p>1. <a href="https://goodsnooze.gumroad.com/l/macwhisper" rel="nofollow">https://goodsnooze.gumroad.com/l/macwhisper</a> (dictation + transcription)<p>2. <a href="https://carelesswhisper.app" rel="nofollow">https://carelesswhisper.app</a> (does dictation only, and does it really well; cheapest)<p>3. <a href="https://superwhisper.com" rel="nofollow">https://superwhisper.com</a> (both local and hosted models + lots of bells and whistles, but much higher pricing)
Another Apple mouse with the charging connector on the bottom side ...<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jwU1ZvVFMXw" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jwU1ZvVFMXw</a>
I just recently dabbled in STT as a way to control my computer. Unfortunately, i dont know if i will continue working on it, because it quickly revealed that our current GUI configuration and how we operate our systems, just dont "flow" well with Speech to Text and operations one might expect. I think id need some additional ML or something, in order to even partly go any further forward in that project.<p>Sure, I can add to the program I have currently to make it handle "any" task, but, with how we currently operate computers, and view content, there is not a way to avoid touching the keyboard and mouse entirely. Tbh im not even sure what i could propose to improve the gui for controlling the system star trek style.
I made a three button Sun mouse into a pot pipe, with the bowl sticking out a hole in the middle "Adjust" button.<p><a href="https://www.techjunkie.com/retro-friday-the-3-button-mouse/" rel="nofollow">https://www.techjunkie.com/retro-friday-the-3-button-mouse/</a>
This is really cool, I love the simplicity of just flashing ZMK on it. Initially I thought it was an ESP32 Xiao, and got excited, but alas. Excellent project, either way!